The brush was whipped up a few more times, and the little girl rolled a few times, and it seemed that she didn't even have the strength to cry. The thin clothes could not stop the vicious leather whip at all, and the blood splattered on the scattered snow, which was sporadic and shocking.

A military academy gave her a kick, and when she didn't move much, she squatted down, glanced at it, spat it fiercely, got up and bowed to a military academy sitting behind her, and said, "General, this is only afraid that she is dying." ”

The military academy frowned: "Sell it cheaply, two taels of silver!" I didn't want it, and when I lost my breath, I threw it into a mass grave outside the city, but wild dogs! ”

The soldier agreed, stepped forward, and said loudly to the people in the audience: "Everyone, the opportunity has come, our general said, this woman, the reserve price is only two taels of silver!" Who buys? Hurry up! ”

A middle-aged man with a fat head and fat ears seemed to have come to choose a slave, pouted, and said: "The body is too thin, it is obvious that I am sick again, I can bring it back, I can't work, and the face has been completely ruined, I can't see it, and I can't be a concubine, such a woman, I don't want to give it for nothing!" ”

The others shook their heads as well. None of the answers were bid.

Leng Yi looked at the girl carefully, and sure enough, through the scattered yellow hair covering her face, he could see that there were two rows of cyan tattoos on her emaciated cheeks, but he couldn't see what the tattoos were.

Leng Yi felt that Zhuo Qiaoniang's delicate body holding his arm beside him was trembling, turned his head to look at her, and saw that she was looking at the poor girl, so he said, "What's wrong?" ”

"She's so pathetic!"

"Yes, it's pitiful, can I buy it for you as a maid?"

"Good! Thank you, officer! Zhuo Qiaoniang agreed almost immediately.

Master Dong next to him said: "Dong Weng, you dismissed all the servants last time, you can re-elect the servants to take charge, and their food and silver will be paid by the imperial court." It's just that you can't pick such slaves, you can only hire those civilians. These were all official slaves who had been sent to a penal colony for committing crimes. ”

"Can't I have my own slave?"

"Absolutely. It's just that the government doesn't bear the cost of the purchase of private slaves and maids, as well as their future expenses. Moreover, they were the slaves of the assassins, who were supposed to serve in the penal colony, but it was customary for the penal colonies to sell the young and the old, the sick, and the disabled who could not complete the labor in the locality, and to use the money from the sale to hire people to do the labor. These sold people, according to the criminal law, can only be slaves in the land of assassination, unless they encounter amnesty, they cannot leave Bazhou with them, so it is not cost-effective to buy them. ”

Leng Yi nodded and said, "It's only two taels of silver, don't worry." After that, he said to the soldier on the stage: "I want this child!" ”

"It's not just a matter of two taels of silver......

Master Dong didn't finish speaking, because Leng Yi had already taken out two taels of silver and handed it over.

The soldier hurriedly took it, brought an account book, squatted down and said, "This lord, this slave's name is 'grass sui'." We need to leave the name and address of the buyer, please let me fill it in. ”

Leng Yi looked at Master Dong. Master Dong said, the soldier was a little surprised, the court officials had servants equipped by the court, and they rarely bought official slaves as slaves. But it's not surprising, after all, it's in a remote area. There are all kinds of strange things.

The soldier took a pen and wrote, then took a wooden badge made of hemp rope and filled in the name of the buyer, and put it on the ear of grass around his neck, on which was the special brand of the official army of the place where he was serving his sentence, and on the back was the name, surname, and age of the maid. This trick proves that the slave was purchased through legitimate channels and not escaped without permission.

Zhuo Qiaoniang had already put away the oil-paper umbrella, put it on the ground, held the skirt in both hands, and walked up to the high platform quickly, not caring about the dirtiness on Caosui's body, and wanted to help her up.

Cao Sui was lying on the ground, she had heard what she had just said, she looked at Zhuo Qiaoniang gratefully, and said in a weak voice: "Thank you, grandma......" She wanted to get up, but her body was like a thousand catties, and she couldn't get up at all.

Zhuo Qiaoniang didn't care about her dirty and smelly, she supported her back with one hand, supported her leg with the other, hugged her horizontally, and slowly walked off the stage, Zhuo Qiaoniang's strength was not great, she could hold this girl down like this. You can see how thin this woman is.

Leng Yi waited for her to come over, stretched out his hand to probe the grass ear's forehead, his hands were hot, looking at her eyes, scattered and distracted, her lips were cyanotic and cracked like the dry rice fields in July. frowned and said, "She is very sick and has to be sent to see Lang Zhong quickly." ”

The soldier on the stage hurriedly said: "This uncle, there is a medical hall two streets ahead. ”

Leng Yi thanked him, and Zhuo Qiaoniang had already walked forward briskly with the grass spike in her arms. Leng Yi and Master Dong followed, because they were girls, Leng Yi was not easy to take over. After walking a street, Zhuo Qiaoniang was already tired and out of breath. Although the grass spike is light, it still weighs dozens of catties in the end, and when it grows, it will be unbearable.

"I'll do it!" Leng Yi stretched out his hand to take it. I don't know how long it has been since the grass has been washed, and the clothes he wears are also black, plus whiplashes, mixed with the smell of blood, exuding an unpleasant smell. Leng Yi didn't care about it, he walked as fast as flying, and soon arrived at the medical hall with her.

An old man asked them to put the grass ears on the bed, check the injuries and check the pulse and look at the tongue, and then said in a deep voice: "The leather whip trauma on the patient's body is not very important, but this ...... is sick, the whole body is as hot as fire, the breath is full of scorched lips, the face is dirty and the teeth are dry, the pulse number, the string is hard and solid, the tongue is red, and the moss is dry and yellow. This is caused by the accumulation of heat in the liver and lungs, the burning of the heart, and at the same time, the accumulation of yang and Ming intestines, and the closure of the three cokes. It's a critical illness. There is no guarantee that it will be cured. Only dead horses can be used as live horse doctors, this needs to be explained to you! ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang's eyes were red, and she nodded: "I hope she is a creative child." ”

"She needs ginseng for this disease, and the cost of medicine is not cheap! Are you willing to spend this money? ”

"How much?" Zhuo Qiaoniang asked nervously.

"At least ten taels! And there is no guarantee that it will be cured. ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang sighed and looked at Leng Yi.

Leng Yi didn't look at the grass spike, and simply said one word: "Rule!" ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang looked at her husband gratefully, and her eyes were red again.

Lao Langzhong looked at them, shook his head slightly, and said, "You really don't open your eyes, what are you buying such a maid for?" She is in poor health and is so seriously ill, and the money for her treatment alone is only enough to buy a good slave. As he spoke, he took a pen and wrote a prescription, handed it to Leng Yi, and took it to the counter to pay for the medicine, one of which was tormented in the pharmacy.

At this time, I heard someone shouting at the door of the pharmacy: "I...... Not drunk! We...... Drink again...... A few cups! ”

As he spoke, a strong man staggered in with another big man in his arms, and the one who was supported was drunk and full of alcohol. The man who dragged him to support him staggered, knocking over the stool and knocking down the waiting patients at once. The people in the pharmacy frowned and dodged.

The big man who was holding him smiled and said to Lao Langzhong: "I'm really sorry, my friend is drunk and vomited, it's very uncomfortable, may I ask sir, is there any medicine that can sober up?" Sober him up, or he won't be able to go home. ”

Lao Langzhong said: "Yes, help him to sit down over there, and the old man will give him medicine." ”

Leng Yi on the side looked at the drunken ghost, frowned, and said to Zhuo Qiaoniang: "You take the grass ear to the kitchen, it's warm, see her freeze like this, you have to warm it up quickly!" Zhuo Qiaoniang nodded, and carried the grass ears into the kitchen of the backyard to decoct the medicine.

Leng Yi took out another piece of broken silver and handed it to Master Dong: "Mr. Trouble help buy a thick shirt for this child, she is too thin!" "

Master Dong went out with the silver.

The man supported the drunk and stumbled towards Leng Yi, and at the moment when he was about to knock down Leng Yi, the person who was helping him seemed to pull away from Leng Yi, who was in the way, and grabbed his arm, and at the same time, in the sleeve of the drunkard, half of the eerie tip of the knife was exposed, silently stabbing Leng Yi's heart!